Teachers Find That Higher Degrees Do Not Mean Higher Pay

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Teachers Find That Higher Degrees Do Not Mean Higher Pay A controversial Florida state law limits how new teachers may receive bonus pay based on advanced degrees, preventing an art teacher, for example, from earning a bonus for having a Ph.D. in English. Students Denied Graduation For Tying Lamb To Pole Councilman Proposes Schools Close For Muslim Holidays Most Recent High School Graduates Not In College Are Jobless SAT's New Testing Date 'Contradicts All Reasoning Of Fairness' Deborah Kenny: The Moment I Committed Myself to School Reform BLOG POSTS Deborah Gaines: Retired Teachers Give Life Lessons I was recently invited to a 50th reunion luncheon at a local university. The majority of attendees were retired elementary and high school teachers. Many were the first generation in their family to go to college; virtually all had what would be considered "average" lives. There were no heads of state, Nobel Prize winners, or heirs to great fortunes. John Thompson: Secretary Duncan Owes an Apology to Teachers If teaching were just a pathway to wealth and respect, no apology could compensate for the insults and the damage that Arne Duncan has helped inflict on teachers. Teaching, however, is an act of love. Maura Kastberg: Why Justin Combs, Son of Sean "Diddy" Combs, Deserves His Athletic Scholarship No, Justin doesn't need the scholarship; he can afford to attend any college he wants to. But there are thousands of students that are offered merit based aid they don't "need" every spring. Amelia Marzec: Education and Activism in Alternative Schools In an Occupy-saturated New York, there's a push for education by the people for the people that calls for new structures of collaboration and new uses of resources. William Bloodworth: Education Amplified We need amplification in all classrooms for all students. Not hearing everything may be the cause of what appears to be boredom, listlessness, stupidity, or incomprehension.

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